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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-05-14 05:26
Perhaps old news to some, but the Philharmonia Orchestra (UK) has an interesting interactive portion on their new web site.
The clarinet section of the site offers a number of sound clips, movies, and demonstrations on the clarinet and bass clarinet by Mark van de Wiel and Michael Harris.
Topics covered are: construction, range, articulation, effects, extended techniques and tips and tricks.
http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/the_orchestra/instruments/clarinets/construction/
All the orchestral instruments have similar clips and movies, as well.
LOTS to watch and listen to...GBK
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2005-05-14 06:56
Thanks for the site. It seems of tremendous interest.
But it took TOO long to start.
Well, maybe it's my computer. I'll try again later.
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2005-05-14 08:31
This is great, thanks GBK!
My problem is now I want to see the other instruments, but when I go with my mouse over that menu it gives me an error message and I can't click there. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Author: Morrigan
Date: 2005-05-14 13:57
For some of the quicktime movies I'm getting Error 400, Bad Request.
And some of it is quite slow, and I'm on ADSL2.
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Author: Bigno16
Date: 2005-05-14 18:56
I have Quicktime but it won't load any of the movies.
It will say "Switching transports" for a while and then "Disconnnected."
Anyone know what's wrong?
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Author: fredackerman
Date: 2005-05-15 23:11
Thanks GBK this is really neat.. I experienced absolutely no problems with viewing everything via "Quicktime".
Fred
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Author: DougR
Date: 2005-05-16 11:50
Hi all:
I tried accessing the site thru both IE and Mozilla, and with both was able to pull up a static Quicktime image of Mr. Bass Clarinet but no sound and no video stream, with EITHER browser. I would have explored the site further but my screen froze & I had to shut down.
We talk about mouthpieces & reeds & horns & ligatures etc. etc. etc. all the time on this board, but in the interests of possibly enhancing my computer setup to be able to access sites like this, would those of you who CAN access the site like to share what your computer setup/browser is?
for instance, I'm running an iMac Sys. 9.2, ie 5.0, an older Mozilla web browser that seems pretty close to Netscape 7.0. (This is probably a near-prehistoric setup by current computer standards, but it works pretty well...most of the time...although screen freezes are pretty much a daily occurrence.)
anybody else?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-05-16 12:56
DougR wrote:
> We talk about mouthpieces & reeds & horns & ligatures etc. etc.
> etc. all the time on this board, but in the interests of
> possibly enhancing my computer setup to be able to access sites
> like this, would those of you who CAN access the site like to
> share what your computer setup/browser is?
Really not relevant. The really relevant part is:
1) How fast is your connection to the site?
2) How reliable is your connection to the site?
3) Can the server handle the load?
All of these factors are important, but beyond your control.
Bandwidth is one part of how fast (bits/second that could possibly flow)
Latency (how long to get there, very different than bits/second) is another (how long is a round-trip, since downloads require a handshake that says "we got it")
Reliable means "how many chunks of information (packets of bits) are being lost?".
Essentially none of these have anything to do with a modern OS, but have everything to do with your ISP, the connections between your ISP and the server (sometimes 15 or 20 different "hops") and the server itself. Oftentimes the bandwidth for a small server is insufficient to handle the load.
For fun, you can see how many hops & the latency (max/min/avg) from woodwind.org to your computer by clicking on
http://www.woodwind.org/cgi-bin/traceroute.sh
It may take some time to get back to you, depending on response times.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-05-16 13:07
Things like security settings, firewall settings, etc absolutely affect the ability to access the site.
Some sites just instantly close my browser.
CBSSportsline.com is notorious for doing that.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-05-16 13:15
DavidBlumberg wrote:
> Things like security settings, firewall settings, etc
> absolutely affect the ability to access the site.
That I would think is obvious. If you tell your browser or firewall not to accept something, it won't be accepted. If you tell it not to warn you that it's shutting off access, it won't. It has NOTHING to do with the browser per se. I don't blame my word processor for my bad prose.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-05-16 13:26
We're talking about settings that aren't always obvious.
And the master settings in control panel Windows XP firewall doesn't have "site settings". It is either on or off. If it had site settings it would be simple.
I just looked again at it. Can't even get to the site to set it as an accepted site (you have to be on the site first).
So I turned the firewall off, and got to the site. But then there isn't the icon at the bottom to accept the site as an ok site in the firewall.
O well, that's for a computer help bb.
Post Edited (2005-05-16 13:30)
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-05-16 14:37
DavidBlumberg wrote:
> And the master settings in control panel Windows XP firewall
> doesn't have "site settings". It is either on or off. If it had
> site settings it would be simple.
Don't use the default XP firewall. ZoneAlarm is a very nice freebie.
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